Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.
New American Standard Bible
Be to me a
A stronghold to save me.
King James Version
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Holman Bible
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a mountain fortress to save me.
International Standard Version
Listen to me, and deliver me quickly. Become a rock of safety for me, a fortified citadel to deliver me;
A Conservative Version
Bow down thine ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be thou to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
American Standard Version
Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.
Amplified
Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;
Be my rock of refuge,
And a strong fortress to save me.
Darby Translation
Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.
Julia Smith Translation
Incline thine ear to me, hastening to deliver me: be to me for a rock of strength, for a house of fortresses to save me.
King James 2000
Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Incline your ear to me. Quickly deliver me. Become my rock of refuge, {a fortified keep} to save me.
Modern King James verseion
Bow down Your ear to me; deliver me quickly; be my strong rock, a fortress to save me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Bow down thine ear to me; make haste to deliver me. And be thou my strong rock, and a house of defense, that thou mayest save me.
NET Bible
Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe!
New Heart English Bible
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
The Emphasized Bible
Incline unto me, thine ear, Speedily rescue me, - Become to me a Rock of refuge, a Place of security, For saving me.
Webster
Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.
World English Bible
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.
Themes
Battle of Life » God » Represented as » A defence
God » Christ as » Defence of believers by
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 31:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Protection
1 In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness. 2 Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe. 3 For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31
For their rock is not like our Rock, even our haters themselves being judges.
Psalm 71:2-3
Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my help; give ear to my voice, and be my saviour.
Psalm 86:1
Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.
2 Samuel 22:3
My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.
Job 7:21
And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.
Psalm 18:1-2
I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.
Psalm 40:17
Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.
Psalm 62:7
In God is my salvation, and my glory; the Rock of my strength, and my safe place.
Psalm 69:17
Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.
Psalm 79:1
O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls.
Psalm 90:1
Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.
Psalm 91:9
Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place;
Psalm 94:22
But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
Proverbs 22:17
Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
Isaiah 33:16
He will have a place on high: he will be safely shut in by the high rocks: his bread will be given to him; his waters will be certain.
Luke 18:8
I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?
John 6:56
He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.
1 John 4:12
No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:
1 John 4:15-16
Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.